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We consider straight-line outerplanar drawings of outerplanar graphs in which a small number of distinct edge slopes are used, that is, the segments representing edges are parallel to a small number of directions. We prove that $\Delta-1$…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2014-04-11 Kolja Knauer , Piotr Micek , Bartosz Walczak

We prove that planar graphs of maximum degree 3 and of girth at least 7 are 3-edge-colorable, extending the previous result for girth at least 8 by Kronk, Radlowski, and Franen from 1974.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-04-25 Sebastien Bonduelle , František Kardoš

The "slope-number" of a graph $G$ is the minimum number of distinct edge slopes in a straight-line drawing of $G$ in the plane. We prove that for $\Delta\geq5$ and all large $n$, there is a $\Delta$-regular $n$-vertex graph with…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2008-09-09 Vida Dujmovic' , Matthew Suderman , David R. Wood

It is well-known that every maximal planar graph has a matching of size at least $\tfrac{n+8}{3}$ if $n\geq 14$. In this paper, we investigate similar matching-bounds for maximal \emph{1-planar} graphs, i.e., graphs that can be drawn such…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-01-05 Therese Biedl , John Wittnebel

Mader conjectured in 1979 that an average degree of at least $3k-1$ in a graph is sufficient for the existence of a $(k+1)$-connected subgraph. The following minimum degree analogue holds: Every graph with minimum degree at least $3k-1$…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-05-29 Maximilian Krone

A graph $G=(V,E)$ is called 1-planar if it admits a drawing in the plane such that each edge is crossed at most once. In this paper, we study bipartite $1$-planar graphs with prescribed numbers of vertices in partite sets. Bipartite…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-03-05 Július Czap , Jakub Przybyło , Erika Škrabuľáková

We investigate the problem of drawing graphs in 2D and 3D such that their edges (or only their vertices) can be covered by few lines or planes. We insist on straight-line edges and crossing-free drawings. This problem has many connections…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2016-09-02 Steven Chaplick , Krzysztof Fleszar , Fabian Lipp , Alexander Ravsky , Oleg Verbitsky , Alexander Wolff

In 2016, Dowden initiated the study of planar Tur\'an-type problems, which has since attracted considerable attention. Recently, Bekos et al. proved that every $K_3$-free $1$-planar graph on $n\ge 4$ vertices has at most $3n-6$ edges. In…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-04-27 Licheng Zhang , Yuanqiu Huang , Fengming Dong

We study straight-line drawings of planar graphs with few segments and few slopes. Optimal results are obtained for all trees. Tight bounds are obtained for outerplanar graphs, 2-trees, and planar 3-trees. We prove that every 3-connected…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2008-09-09 Vida Dujmovic' , David Eppstein , Matthew Suderman , David R. Wood

A graph $H$ is said to be {\em light} in a family $\mathfrak{G}$ of graphs if at least one member of $\mathfrak{G}$ contains a copy of $H$ and there exists an integer $\lambda(H, \mathfrak{G})$ such that each member $G$ of $\mathfrak{G}$…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-06-13 Tao Wang

The notion of 1-planarity is among the most natural and most studied generalizations of graph planarity. A graph is 1-planar if it has an embedding where each edge is crossed by at most another edge. The study of 1-planar graphs dates back…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2017-07-21 Stephen G. Kobourov , Giuseppe Liotta , Fabrizio Montecchiani

A good edge-labeling of a graph [Ara\'ujo, Cohen, Giroire, Havet, Discrete Appl. Math., forthcoming] is an assignment of numbers to the edges such that for no pair of vertices, there exist two non-decreasing paths. In this paper, we study…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2012-07-30 Michel Bode , Babak Farzad , Dirk Oliver Theis

A graph is $1$-$planar$ if it can be drawn in the plane so that each edge is crossed by at most one other edge. Moreover, a 1-planar graph $G$ is $optimal$ if it satisfies $|E(G)|=4|V(G)|-8$. J. Fujisawa et al. [16] first considered…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-05-25 Jiangyue Zhang , Yan Wu , Heping Zhang

A key concept for many graph layout algorithms is planarity, a graph property that allows to draw vertices and edges crossing-free in the plane. Important is the generalization to $k$-planar graphs, which can be drawn in the plane with at…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2026-05-18 Aaron Büngener , Jakob Franz , Michael Kaufmann , Maximilian Pfister

A graph is called a strong (resp. weak) bar 1-visibility graph if its vertices can be represented as horizontal segments (bars) in the plane so that its edges are all (resp. a subset of) the pairs of vertices whose bars have a…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2013-12-20 William Evans , Michael Kaufmann , William Lenhart , Giuseppe Liotta , Tamara Mchedlidze , Stephen Wismath

A graph is called 1-planar if there exists its drawing in the plane such that each edge is crossed at most once. In this paper, we study 1-planar graph joins. We prove that the join $G+H$ is 1-planar if and only if the pair $[G,H]$ is…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-03-16 Július Czap , Dávid Hudák , Tomáš Madaras

While orthogonal drawings have a long history, smooth orthogonal drawings have been introduced only recently. So far, only planar drawings or drawings with an arbitrary number of crossings per edge have been studied. Recently, a lot of…

The chromatic index $\chi'(G)$ of a graph $G$ is the smallest $k$ for which $G$ admits an edge $k$-coloring such that any two adjacent edges have distinct colors. The strong chromatic index $\chi'_s(G)$ of $G$ is the smallest $k$ such that…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-01-22 Yiqiao Wang , Ning Song , Jianfeng Wang , Weifan Wang

A graph is called a $k$-planar unit distance graph if it can be drawn in the plane such that every edge is a unit line segment and is involved in at most $k$ crossings. We investigate $u_k(n)$, the maximum number of edges of such graphs on…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-03-23 Panna Gehér , Dömötör Pálvölgyi , Dániel G. Simon , Géza Tóth

It is proved that every series-parallel digraph whose maximum vertex-degree is $\Delta$ admits an upward planar drawing with at most one bend per edge such that each edge segment has one of $\Delta$ distinct slopes. This is shown to be…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2016-08-31 Emilio Di Giacomo , Giuseppe Liotta , Fabrizio Montecchiani